X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fpanel.3x;h=25e2348e878d11d8104544bc447f8b20d94a25a6;hp=046778a8cf9682b958df2c919d955c189bcf1be6;hb=6b96eb711cbf58da43002ff14b66d8a52c19a731;hpb=0eb88fc5281804773e2a0c7a488a4452463535ce;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/man/panel.3x b/man/panel.3x index 046778a8..25e2348e 100644 --- a/man/panel.3x +++ b/man/panel.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: panel.3x,v 1.9 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $ +.\" $Id: panel.3x,v 1.17 2010/10/02 23:22:44 tom Exp $ .TH panel 3X "" .ds n 5 -.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo +.ds d @TERMINFO@ .SH NAME -panel - panel stack extension for curses +panel \- panel stack extension for curses .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fR .P -\fBcc [flags] sourcefiles -lpanel -lncurses\fR +\fBcc [flags] sourcefiles \-lpanel \-lncurses\fR .P \fBPANEL *new_panel(WINDOW *win)\fR .br @@ -77,73 +77,80 @@ The set of currently visible panels is the stack of panels. The of the stack. .P A window is associated with every panel. The panel routines enable -you to create, move, hides, and show panels, as well as position a +you to create, move, hide, and show panels, as well as position a panel at any desired location in the stack. .P Panel routines are a functional layer added to \fBcurses\fR(3X), make only high-level curses calls, and work anywhere terminfo curses does. .SH FUNCTIONS .TP -\fBnew_panel(win)\fR +.B new_panel(win) allocates a \fBPANEL\fR structure, associates it with \fBwin\fR, places the panel on the top of the stack (causes it to be displayed above any other panel) and returns a pointer to the new panel. .TP -\fBvoid update_panels()\fR +.B update_panels() refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the relations between the panels in the stack, but does not call doupdate() to refresh the -physical screen. Use this function and not wrefresh or wnoutrefresh. -update_panels() may be called more than once before a call to +physical screen. +Use this function and not \fBwrefresh\fP or \fBwnoutrefresh\fP. +.B update_panels +may be called more than once before a call to doupdate(), but doupdate() is the function responsible for updating the physical screen. .TP -\fBdel_panel(pan)\fR +.B del_panel(pan) removes the given panel from the stack and deallocates the \fBPANEL\fR structure (but not its associated window). .TP -\fBhide_panel(pan)\fR +.B hide_panel(pan) removes the given panel from the panel stack and thus hides it from view. The \fBPANEL\fR structure is not lost, merely removed from the stack. .TP -\fBshow_panel(pan)\fR +.B panel_hidden(pan) +returns TRUE if the panel is in the panel stack, +FALSE if it is not. +If the panel is a null pointer, return ERR. +.TP +.B show_panel(pan) makes a hidden panel visible by placing it on top of the panels in the panel stack. See COMPATIBILITY below. .TP -\fBtop_panel(pan)\fR +.B top_panel(pan) puts the given visible panel on top of all panels in the stack. See COMPATIBILITY below. .TP -\fBbottom_panel(pan)\fR +.B bottom_panel(pan) puts panel at the bottom of all panels. .TP -\fBmove_panel(pan,starty,startx)\fR +.B move_panel(pan,starty,startx) moves the given panel window so that its upper-left corner is at \fBstarty\fR, \fBstartx\fR. It does not change the position of the panel in the stack. Be sure to use this function, not \fBmvwin()\fR, to move a panel window. .TP -\fBreplace_panel(pan,window)\fR +.B replace_panel(pan,window) replaces the current window of panel with \fBwindow\fR (useful, for example if you want to resize a panel; if you're using \fBncurses\fR, you can call \fBreplace_panel\fR on the output of \fBwresize\fR(3X)). It does not change the position of the panel in the stack. .TP -\fBpanel_above(pan)\fR +.B panel_above(pan) returns a pointer to the panel above pan. If the panel argument is \fB(PANEL *)0\fR, it returns a pointer to the bottom panel in the stack. .TP -\fBpanel_below(pan)\fR +.B panel_below(pan) returns a pointer to the panel just below pan. If the panel argument is \fB(PANEL *)0\fR, it returns a pointer to the top panel in the stack. .TP -\fBset_panel_userptr(pan,ptr)\fR +.B set_panel_userptr(pan,ptr) sets the panel's user pointer. .TP -\fBpanel_userptr(pan)\fR +.B panel_userptr(pan) returns the user pointer for a given panel. .TP -\fBpanel_window(pan)\fR +.B panel_window(pan) returns a pointer to the window of the given panel. .SH DIAGNOSTICS Each routine that returns a pointer returns \fBNULL\fR if an error @@ -165,8 +172,8 @@ move to the top of the stack. You are cautioned to use the correct function to ensure compatibility with native panel libraries. .SH NOTE In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libncurses.a; that is, -you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses', not the other way around (which would -give you a link error using GNU \fBld\fR(1) and some other linkers). +you want to say `\-lpanel \-lncurses', not the other way around (which would +usually give a link-error). .SH FILES .P panel.h @@ -175,7 +182,11 @@ interface for the panels library libpanel.a the panels library itself .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X) +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X), +.PP +This describes \fBncurses\fR +version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@). .SH AUTHOR Originally written by Warren Tucker , primarily to assist in porting u386mon to systems without a native